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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1923
Page
2
John L. Terry of Springfield says Tanlac restored his health six years ago and again two years ago, claiming no medicine equals it and noting 87 million bottles sold. The ad ends with a joke from the American Legion Weekly.
A historical ad touts Dr Kilmer Swamp-Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine prescribed by physicians. It claims long test of years and that it is well supported by druggists with a sample offer of ten cents and a request to mention the paper. It also contrasts to Egyptian perfume and face powder longevity.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap claiming it doubles razor efficiency and promotes skin purity comfort and health. It asserts no mug slippery soap germs waste or irritation even with twice daily shaving, and that one soap suits shaving bathing and shampooing.
A short reflection notes that many husbands tell their families what they wished they had told customers earlier, but fear to speak up. It contrasts private honesty at home with public restraint at work.
Snow fell in St Paul on Monday night. American Legion endorses Poppy days May 29 and 30. Danville Illinois marks Uncle Joe Cannon’s eighty seventh birthday. A large stock swindle attempt with forged checks in New York. John Barton Payne and former Ambassador Warren head to Mexico on recognition talks. Walker bill to unmask the Ku Klux Klan passes Albany assembly. ICC orders hearings on Pacific coast railroad facilities at Pocatello June 18. Two north quake events logged by St Ignatius seismograph in Cleveland. Postal receipts rise 10.1 percent April 1928 over 1922. Fine Arts commission orders 12.1 percent reduction in standard size. U S to issue 400 million in treasury notes bearing 3.134 percent interest. 4,115 acres planted to trees in Rocky Mountain forests in 1922. Charles Woolsey found guilty of murder in St Louis. four-year reformatory term.
A roundup of prominent deaths including Lewis FE Sawyer and Scott Russell Hayes, plus political and aviation notes. Highlights include Dempsey Gibbons boxing deal, Lusitania anniversary, China situation, Ireland unrest, and a Dublin firemen strike.
Reports describe unseasonable snow and sleet sweeping the northwest to New England, with freezing temps up to 34 in Illinois. Two mules killed in Fort Worth hail storms, while Kentucky reports a twenty ninth year snow event damaging fruit and early vegetables. Lake Superior vessels endangered by ice as storm reaches Texas and Kentucky.
The longest distant matrimonial record in the interior department pension office history was revealed. Catherine A. Wheeler of Union Oklahoma shows she lived with her Civil War veteran husband for seventy three years three months and nine days. They married December 9 1849 in Edgar county Illinois and he died March 18 1928 in Union Oklahoma.
Clarence Saunders, president of Piggly Wiggy Stores Inc, offers to place control in the hands of a special stockholder named committee due to personal hostility from certain financial interests in Memphis. Memphis businessmen had been waging a campaign for the sale of stock.
On the highway between De Kalb and Sterling TL three people died and one was seriously injured when the car they rode in was driven into a ditch to avoid a passing car. Victims are William Tvitz Robert Dary and Edward De Line all of De Wath. Perry Vearson the driver survived with injuries.
The Chinese government directed the foreign commissioner of Shantung to meet all Suchow train bandits demands for ransom for prisoners they hold. Diplomatic circles doubt the outcome of the order.
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